Indian actor Soumitra Chatterjee dead at 85 from Covid-19 complications

In this file photo taken on Jan 31, 2018 actor Soumitra Chatterjee smiles after receiving France's highest national order of 'Chevalier (Knight) de la Légion d'Honneur' during an event in Kolkata. Photo: AFP

Soumitra Chatterjee, the legendary Indian actor with more than 200 movies to his name and famed for his work with Oscar-winning director Satyajit Ray, died Sunday (Nov 15) of complications from the coronavirus. He was 85.

Chatterjee’s daughter, Poulami Bose, said her father died at a hospital in the city of Kolkata in West Bengal state where he had been staying since testing positive for the virus in early October. He is also survived by his wife and a son.